Isodora Duncan and other dancers, and artists like Marianne Werefkin, Alexej Jawlensky and
Jean Arp were among those who participated in performances and collective painting exercises in the nude--creating scandals among the traditional residents of Ascona and Locarno who frowned upon the left-wing politics and the free-spirited ideals of the occupants.
A move to Zurich brought Jawlensky stimulating exchanges with Paul Klee, the inventive Dadaists
Jean Arp and Sophie Tauber-Arp, and sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck.
Patsy and Raymond Nasher began their collection in the 1960s with the purchase of major sculptures by
Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Joan Miro, and Henry Moore.
His monumental outdoor 'stabiles', as his friend the artist
Jean Arp called them, have become the essential adornment of significant public buildings and civic spaces all over the Americas and elsewhere.
mention include Henry Moore (1898-1986), especially Recumbent Figure,
Jean Arp (1886-1996) and Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973).
Artists represented include Kirkeby, Schumacher, Thieler, Stohrer, Lakner, Milares and Vedova, Mimmo Rotella,
Jean Arp, Poi Bury, Olivier Debre, Jean Fautrier, Sam Francis, Ellen Levy, Joan Mitchell and J.
I have had exceptional opportunities to study and research sculptures by many artists, such as
Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Joseph Cornell, Alberto Giacometti, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, and David Smith.
These sculptures brought him quick renown, and he began to move in circles with other avant-garde artists of the time, including
Jean Arp (1887-1966), Max Ernst (1891-1976), Joan Miro (1893-1983) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), each of whom were applying the tenets of Surrealism in their own art.
Introducing thematic elements into his work, his primary sculptural influences include renowned fellow Benicians Manuel Neri and Robert Arneson and 20th century sculptors George Segal, Constantin Brancusi, Alberto Giacometti,
Jean Arp and Henry Moore.
Lustrous wood totems a la
Jean Arp and Brancusi stood on plinths that seemed to have folded out from the panels, revealing the white wall beneath.
Abbot Hall has also seized the opportunity to exhibit a grouping of relevant items from the permanent collection in a separate space, and it's well worth wandering through to see the story extended even further through works by Kurt Schwitters,
Jean Arp, and others.
Some of the leading Surrealist artists were Giorgio De Chirico, Salvador Dali, Yves Tanguy, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro and
Jean Arp.
